Spin excitations in K2Fe4+xSe5: Linear response approach
| Title | Spin excitations in K2Fe4+xSe5: Linear response approach |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2012 |
| Authors | Ke LQ, van Schilfgaarde M, Antropov V |
| Journal Title | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 86 |
| Pages | 020402 |
| Date Published | 07 |
| Type of Article | Article |
| ISBN Number | 1098-0121 |
| Accession Number | WOS:000306468400001 |
| Keywords | exchange interactions, superconductors, waves |
| Abstract | Using ab initio linear response techniques we calculate spin-wave spectra in K2Fe4+xSe5, and find them to be in excellent agreement with a recent experiment. The spectrum can be described reasonably well by a localized spin Hamiltonian restricted to first and second nearest neighbor couplings. We confirm that exchange coupling between nearest neighbor Fe magnetic moments is strongly anisotropic, and show directly that in the ideal system this anisotropy has an itinerant nature which can be imitated by introducing higher order terms in the effective localized spin Hamiltonian (biquadratic coupling). In the real system, structural relaxation provides an additional source of the exchange anisotropy of approximately the same magnitude. The dependence of spin-wave spectra on the filling of Fe vacancy sites is also discussed. |
| URL | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000306468400001 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.020402 |
| Alternate Journal | Phys. Rev. B |
